Hospital location at Hy-Vee to expand

McDonough District Hospital serves about 600 western Illinois patients monthly despite its initial design allowing for 450 patients per month.

Because of this, MDH Convenient Care will expand as part of Hy-Vee’s renovations this month, according to MDH Director of Public Relations John McGuire.

“When we originally set it up, we had two exam rooms and a small reception area,” McGuire said. “Because it takes time to disinfect, clean and prepare a room, (the expansion) will allow us to treat more people.”

As a branch of MDH, Convenient Care allows patients who may not have access to their physician — or who may not have one yet — take care of non-emergency issues such as the common cold, minor injuries, nausea or headaches.

The facility located in Hy-Vee caught on since its opening in August 2011 and its usage has resulted in a crowded reception room and long wait times as rooms are prepped, according to news release.

“The Macomb Hy-Vee store worked with MDH to allocate additional space for our facility to include a third exam room, a larger reception area, and an office for our providers,” Chris Dace, department leader for the McDonough Medical Group, said in news release.

Convenient Care will expand into the area that is the service counter and will allow for the additional treatment room that will allow patients to be treated as another is prepped.

The renovations come alongside other renovations that will also be happening throughout the store including changes to the restaurant and pharmacy, McGuire said.

MDH runs a multi-year lease with Hy-Vee, he said. Hy-Vee, as landlord, will be implementing the changes.

“Hy-Vee has been a great landlord and its been a great partnership,” McGuire said. “It was only appropriate that we wait until they were doing their renovations that we make the request.”

McGuire maintained that the changes will have the least amount of disruption to service as possible. Work on the expansion will begin this month and should be completed going into December.

“We anticipate some inconvenience during the much-needed space expansion project,” Dace said. “We want our patients to know we appreciate their patience during the construction process.”

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